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The Islamic State’s grip on Syria is rapidly collapsing – with no major city remaining under the full control of the terror group.One of the main fronts is Deir ez-Zor - where the Syrian army is now close to pushing IS out of the city. Locals have already started to return – after a 3-year siege was broken with the help of Russian air power. RT managed to talk to the base's chief commander.RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.